What he said^
My kart from when I was a kid had shoe brakes, and boy did they eat up tires! Also, it had a secondary hand lever for the brakes along with the pedal, and smacked me in the elbow every time I hit the brakes, lol. Brakes on the flat frame karts vary widely today, some have drum, some have simple disc brakes, but almost all of them are cable operated, which I never really liked. The small frames are starting to come with TAV's instead of cent. clutches, but they can be a pain to get parts for if you don't know who made it. Our 150's use pretty much the same parts as the rest, and some scooters as well, not to mention, its just a better platform to start with, especially if you want to upgrade anything.
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